Drop-end box.



M. s. SELLMAN.

DROP END BOX.

APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 1s, 1912.

Patented Dec. 9, 1913.A

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'MINME sHnL'roN SELLMAN, or Balncnroa'r, coNNE'c'rrcU'r.

DROP-END Box.

Specification of Letters Patent.

'Patented Dec. 9, 1913.

Application led August 13, 1912'. Serial No. 714,826.

To all rwhom t may concern:

Be' it known .that I, 4Ministri SHnLToN- SELLMAN, residing at Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Drop-End Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive-dro end box, the principle of which is adapte vto music roll boxes, shoe boxes, corset boxes and tol boxes for numerous other articles of merchandise that are kept in boxes either before or after sale by the dealer.

As an important application of the principle of the invention I will illustratexand describe it as amusic roll box.

It is well understood thatin music stores where large quantities of music rolls are on sale it is necessary to pile the boxesup, frequent-ly many rows deep, and that when any roll in the pile is wanted, except a top one, it is excedingly inconvenient to get the box it being necessary to entirely withdraw boxes of the style now in general use from the pile before the roll can be removed therefrom. The same difficult-y occurs .in homes where many rolls are frequently piled together and very often numerous rolls must be taken down and the pile torn to pieces in order to get some special roll tliat.ihay be desiredand which ordinarily is not at the top of the pile. In order to overcome these object-ions and provide a box that will permit the roll to be removed and replaced without withdrawing the box -or disturbing the pile and which will also provide convenient means for withdrawing the box from the pile should the roll or other contents be sold, I have devised thenovel drop end box of which the. following description in connection with the accompanying drawing is a speciiication, reference characters being used to indicate the several parts.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my novel box in the open position to permit the removal or replacement of a roll, the rear end of the case being broken away; Fig. 2' an elevation partly 1n section of the outer end of the box and case in the open position; Fig. 3 a similar view of the inner end of the box and case; Fig. 4 a longitudinal section of the case and partial section of the box in the closed position, and Fig;` 5 is a horizontal section and Fig. 6 a vertical section a citizen of the United States,

of a variant .form of my novel drop end box 1n the open position.

10 denotes the box which is provided atl its outer end with a drop end 11, the bottom of which is hinged, as at 12, to the bottoni of the box. lThe drop end in the case of a music roll box may be two inches more or less in length and its side walls, end wall and bottom. correspond with the box.

13 denotes the case which just receives the boi and the drop end and is open Vat one end' on y. l I

14 denotes a tape, one end of which is attached to and extends inside the inner end of the case, the other end being attached to and extending outside the inner end of the box, the objects being to limit the outward movement of the box relatively to the case after it has been drawn out of the case far enough to permit the drop end to swing downward and also to enable the operator by continuing to pull upon the drop end after the tape has been extended, asin Fig. 1 to start the case also outward so that the user may take hold of it conveniently and draw it out of the pile should the roll or other article belonging in the box be sold. The drop end is made long enough so that when the box is drawn out and the drop end allowed to swing downward, the end of the roll will project from the box, so that it may be easily grasped by the lingers of the user.I as clearly indicated in Fig. 1. The label designating the music of the roll is affixed to the end wall of the drop end, which is specifically indicated by15, sothat it may be conveniently inspected at all times. The drop end is provided with a loop 16 which always remains outside the case in position to be grasped by the fingers of the user when it is required to draw out the drop end and remove the roll from the box or when it is required to draw out both box and case either before or after the roll is removed. j

The form illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 differs in that the box has no inner end and need not necessarily extend but a short distance into the case. vThe function that the inner end of the box performs in the other form is performed in this form by means of a {iap 17 hinged 'to the top of the case at its inner end. as at 18, from which tapes 19 extend to the box sothat whenthe drop end and box are drawn outward, as in Figs. 5 and 6, the iiap will be drawn forward also ascribed A dwp-@md bem .comprisn cas @peu m; one and, a. 330x sldably mound in said case, a zwpend independent of sa CaSe and having hinged connection with *die folwax'f 3.15. osad sdabe box, said and, having pmson sdably engaging' said case, dwp @n being Navidad with wenn@ whereby the box and dwp 2nd may Withdrawn from the case, and a :labe pulug 'sonneeion between the mx and. the rs@ @n of bhe @ase and located Wholy W@ in. the astr, whereby th@ case may be drawn dong with the box fte? @im ater has been partlally withdrawn from said case.n

2. A drop end bGX comprising a case open at one end, a `boli: slidaby mounted in said Case, mdrop end pif/@wily Connected Wit said box and provided with r .ns whereby the box may be Withdrawn tfsm the Case. im intel-nal Hap hinged the case. and L xibe pulling Connection between h@ bmi Said ap and oear Wholly With-in th@ case, whereby the case may be fawn along with the box afm the laitier has been pal'- aly Withdlmm imm case.

In testimony whereof ax my signature in pmsence of two Witnesses.

lK/HNNEE SHELEN SELLMJ-l. 7/tmesses C. H. SHEEHAN, A. M. YVOOSTER. 

